Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. |
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Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. |
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1 Corinthians 7:26
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. |
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2 Kings 13:18
And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. |
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Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. |
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Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. |